Equine Sports Massage is excellent for rehabilitating horses that are stressed or injured. During massage, muscles fill with rich oxygenated blood flow and circulation increases thereby facilitating the elimination of waste and toxic build up. This improved circulation can:

• Reduce or eliminate pain
• Enhance muscle tone and prevent muscle atrophy
• Reduce edema
• Minimize scar tissue formation
• Increase gut motility to assist with compaction, gas or spasmodic colic
• Speed up healing for an orthopedic problem or muscle injury

When there is a trauma or injury, massage therapy assists in the removal of toxins and helps the immune system work on healing by maintaining the lymph flow to the node nearest the injury. Massage therapy and various body work stretches and exercises are also indicated whenever there is an unexplained deterioration in temperament or performance, resistance to flex or bend, or reluctance to work.